STATEMENT
I am increasingly interested in the way technology
mediates human interaction and experience. Specifically in terms of virtual
communication, I’m attracted to the connection and disconnection embedded in this new means of dialogue. Devices have brought us virtually
together, but physically apart, even altering the default functions of the
human brain. The accessibility of a camera with a quick swipe on a smart phone
has distorted the way humans remember experiences as we see through lenses rather
than our eyes and rely on pictures to remember moments for us. Especially with
the accessibility of permanent digital documentation, fragmented and clustered
memory is even more frequent and with time, the mind can twist a memory into
what can eventually become a completely different experience. It’s fascinating
to me how a certain smell or color might trigger a cluster of memories that
form into one screenshot of images: a
color, an object, a person, jumbled and dissipating, spinning and reforming through
one’s mind. Most of my work depicts figures suspended in darkness, dissolving
in unlit rooms although simultaneously held together by the faint glow of
technology. This intrapersonal and interpersonal play on connection and
disconnection is embedded in my work. I’m attracted to charcoal for its ability
to evoke nostalgia in its material fragility. This ephemeral effect is
something I try to replicate in the more permanent medium of paint. As I move
into collage and other mediums, feelings of nostalgia and fleeting moments are
always crucial to what I present.

C.V.

EDUCATION:

University
of Florida, Bachelor of Fine Arts
Drawing Degree 2014
Business minor and Art History minorDeans List